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irflrnirTinOfficial Paper of Box Dutte CountyTWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAYOfficial Taper of the City of AllianceVOLUME XXIX(Eight Pages ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBIiASICA, FiClDAY, JUNE GO, 1922No. 62EVERYTHING IS!nADINESSFOhV FOURTHADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS AREPLACED N PROGRAM.Tug-of-War and Half a Dozen OtherNew Events for toFair Grounds.The stage stt, the prog-ram ispractically completed, and Alliancewill blossom forth on Tuesday morning, July 4, as hostess to the thousands of visitors who will be her.guests on that day. A general meeting of all committees is called to meettins evening at the cnainber of commerce offices, starting at 7:30 p. m.,to take up the complete program and-to decide several matters wluch are up.for its consideration.New events which have been addedto the program published on Tuesdayof this week include the following:A tug-of-war between the PleasantHill farmers' union team and theIFairview farmers' union team, at 6.o'clock on Box Butte avenue. Thechallenge has gone forth from thetorawny men of one team to the otherand a huge manilla cable will be.-stretched along Box Butte avenuert hile sweat will burst from strainingmen as they tug back and forth on thepavement.The farmers of Box Butte county.have taken hold of the propositionwith a will and are doing great thingsin helping prepare a program thatwill be a hum-dinger. They have-added the following events to ihe projrram. at.tW, fair grounds as publishedon Tuesday i JHorse tail 'relay race.Rescue rql ry lace best two oat itthree. ' 1Chariot race,,!Bundle rake.Calf buckihjj contest., Barrel ridiaj race.The committee "--wants six or fightyearling or Itwo-year-old calves, foruse in Uie cal( bucking contest. Theywill be riddeil by boys (or boys willtry to ride thm) and they should beJaard-headed, Wild little brutes. Ifsomeone who 1 lives; close to Alliancewill bring- thep in and will phone thechamber of commerce, it will be appreciated by this committee. .SonM) reservations of boxes in theyrand stand "arV, being made. Theboxes are $2 eadh. (Those who wanta. box for the program should phonetheir reeervationlst once phone 74.Dr. A. C. Schoth, sub-chairman of(Continued ott page 4)KRAGELAND TOBE ALLOWED TOSTAY 1 U. S.i iIMMIGRATION OFFICERS FAILTO RECOMMEND DEPORTATIONWord Received by Local Officers tothe Effect That Evidence NotSufficient to Convict.lk iChrl3 Kragelund, tha;Dae who wasarrested about two weeks', ago, whenhe bought a meal at Jack Berry's cafeand refused to pay for it, Jnforaiingthe owner of the cafe 't-at he couldjro to blazes, will not be, deported according to a letter received py SheriffMiller from W. R. Mansfield, immigration inspector from Denvtr. Kragelund was thought to be , t dangerouscharacter when he threatened JudgeBerry, who sentenced hint 'or his restaurant escapade, under tha law providing for defrauding restaurant keepers. Kragelund later toldjt'ie officersof his contempt for the hvvs of thiscountry and is said to havfi expresseddecidedly anarchistic ideas '. jKragelund was examined,her abouta week ago by Mr. Mansfield, whorecommended that the Dane & deport -ed.The department decided: that theevidence against him was insufficientand refused to issue a warrant forhis deportation. Kragelund, when examined admitted that he thought littlefor the laws of this country,' butshowed not the slightest desire to return to Denmark. He asked, the officer if he could not be sent to Canadarather than return to his former home.Kragelund, when he obtained' themeal at the restaurant, cursed ' theowner when payment was demanded.When Ihe police took him in chargehe Eaid that he had thought he had$15 when he entered the cafe, but thathe had either lost it or been robbed.He admitted having "bummed4s hisway into Alliance.The Dane was sent out of tovriWednesday when his sentence fo taking the meal expired. The officer accompanied him to the train and -sawto it he was safely on his wa toother fields. It is not thought likelythat the Dane will turn up again tomake good his threats against JUuge,Berry an dthe town in general, triehad told the officers that he intendedto blow up or burn down the town.The officers ieel no great fear, hdw, eveit .yirttn , , , . , . i.illt, nLAlUbU . " I T 11..Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:Generally fair toniht ai d Saturday.t-omewnat Cooler tonight.Keen CompetitionAmong Salesman ofChautauqua TicketsThe children who hnve been competing for the prize in selling cliautauimaticket have made a splendid showing,letter than any one anticipated forthe early date. Most people who purchase tickets will not do so until justa few days before the opening, yet nnumber of the little salesmen amiwomen have turned in nice sums ofmoney.James Hunter, at this writing, headsthe list, and Drusilla Adams is second.This does not mean, of course, thatthese will necessarily be ahead at thewindup, for some of the children havea long list of promises, so it cannotbe safely predicted who will win tillthe final count is made.Those who have not been solicitedshould call, up whoever they wish tofavor anil secure a ticket, for theseseason tickets will not be on sale afterthe opening of the chauteuqua, andit will be much more expensive to buysingle admissions than to buy seasontickets.Boh Ache?on of Bingham will arrive Saturday for a week'3 visit withHoward Cogswell.Mrs. H. E. Gantz, who has been illfor the past few days, is now ableto be about.marsWmandraws fine fora weeping jagWOMAN CHARGED JOHNSONANNOYED HER WHILE DRUNK.Judge Tash Soaks Offender (he Limitand He Faces Stay in Jail UnlessHe Can Raise the Cash.Earl Johnson, farmer near Marsland, was arrested Tuesday night bySheriff Miller, and brought, to Allianceto answer a charge in count courtof being- drunk and "disorderly. Hewas fined $50 and costs bv JudireTash Wednesday afternoon. The costsin the case were over $25. due to thefact that Sheriff Miller had to maketwo trips to Marsland to arrest him.The first trip was made last Monday,but Johnson, who had apparently gotword or the visit, made a trip toDawe3 county. The sheriff returnedWednesday and had no difficulty inlocating kis man on this occasion.Johnson was arrested on complaintof Mrs. Eunice Fox, who lives aloneon a farm near Marsland. Mrs. Foxasserted that Johnson and four othermen came to her farm last Sunday,! I . 1 1 , . I , . .insuueu ner, ana mat jonnson nantaken hold of her. She said that theother men tried to keep Johnson undercontrol, but as they also were drunkthey had poor success.According to the story of theofficers, this was the second visitmade by the auto load of men to herplace. On the first occasion, they didnothing more than annoy her and theoccupants of the place, and did notstay long. On their second visit, however, Johnson was said to have beensuffering from a "crying jag" and hewandered all over the place, she said,making himself pretty numerous before he was persuaded to leave.Johnson was brought to Alliancefrom Marsland Wednesday morningby Sheriff Miller. Johnson had remarked that no d n sheriff could arrest him out of the said sheriff'scounty. When politely requested tocome along, however, he came withthe greatest speed.Mrs. Fox said that she did not wishto file any other charge against Johnson except that of being drunk anddisorderly. The charge of assaultthrough the use of bad language wasnot mentioned.Johnson is known to the locj.lsheriff's office, having been held oncebefore on a harness-stealing rh-di-ge.He was returned to Mart-land fromAlliance about six weeks ago to answer this -complaint.FARMER-LABOR PARTYSELECTS CANDIDATESThe "Farmer-Labor" party of BoxButte county has made the followingselections of candidates from the primary li.-t of filings for the variouscounty and state offices:State senator F. W. Johnson ofRushville.State representative Allen Gordonof Hemingl'ord.County treasurer A. H, Robbins ofAlliance.County clerk 0. M. Krumtum ofAlliance.Sheriff Lloyd Gwinn of Alliance.County superintendent M y r 1 1 feReeves of Alliance.Countv commissioner, third districtK. A. Bennett.County commissioner, second districtJ. P. Knapp.Attorney Eugene Burton spent Tuesday in Bridgeport.ii f which rniriui'iica nyi iTwo Alliance News papersto Consolidate July 1With this issue, the Alliance Heraldpasses out of existence. Under theterm;; of an agreement signed Wednesday, this newspaper will be consolidated with the Alliance Semi-WeeklyTimes, under the managment of BenJ. Sallows. George L. and Edwin M.Burr will, for the present, remain inAlliance and in all probability will beconnected with the consolidated newspaper, to long as they elect to continuein that capacity.The consolidation is made in the bestinterests of the parties concerned andthe public, including the readers andadvertisers of both newspapers. It maybe said, without casting any bouquetsin our own direction, that no other cityof this size in the state has two suchnewspapers as have been built up inAlliance. The public does not realize,perhaps, the enormous amount of expense connected with publishing twosuch newspapers. In the flush days immediately following the war the twofirms could not take care of the business that came to them unsolicited. Inthe process of getting back to normalcy, the income of every businesshouse in the city has suffered a slump.Every firm that has survived has hadto rut its sails to fit its cloth.Neither Alliance newspaper has beensuffering particularly trom the general slump in business. But the factsare that the returns have not beencommensurate with the efforts putforth. Other business firms can trimtheir sails in slack times, but the newspaper dares not. Once a newspaperallows itself to slip downhill, rotonly its own business, but the city itself suffers.The newspapers recently arrived atthe place where they d d not feel justified by the ensh returns in publishingnewspapers of such high tiuality. Itwas necessary either to curtail serviceand news, or to find some other solution of the problem. The slomp in business, while it was realized that it wasonly temporary, was nevertheless sufficient to warrant reduction in forces.The two sets of publishers believedthat the best way out or the aurricuitywas to arrange a consolidation. Thisstep has been taken in hundreds ofplaces, with . jewpaper large, andsmall, fiH over .the country in the pastfew years, ever since newspaper costsbegan to go sky-high. ,After consulting and advising withpractically every merchant in the city,and receiving their encouragement, theconsolidation was arranged. Under thenew plan, advertising rates will bematerially lowered; news service willnot only be kept up to the former highstandard, but materially increased;and subscribers will be able to get asemi-weekly newspaper, undoubtedlythe best of its kind in the state, atvery little more money than is chargedby the poorer weekly newspapers.The two. subscription ' lists will becombined. Subscribers who have paidahead for The Herald will receive fullcredit on the books of the consolidatedpublication which will bear the namesof both newspapers The AllianceSemi-Weekly Times and The AllianceHerald. Herald subscribers will receivethe Tuesday issue of the consolidatednewspaper.Plans are, of course, incomplete.There is no saying what the futurewill bring forth. With but one news-ipaper in the field, with the solid support of readers ami advertisers, it mayle safely assumed that every oppor-Attorney W. U. MetzTalks to Kotarianson Law and CourlsAttorney W. R. Metz gave the r.ddress of the evening at the Wednesday dinner of the Alliance JU,u.,vclub, Mr. Metz diseased, in a broadwa, the development of the variouscodes, ami contrasted court procedurein the United States with that ofEngland.He listed briefly the various kindsof law such as the law of nature, orthe will of the Maker; revealed law, orinterpretations of the law of nature;the law of nations, governing mutualintercourse between them; and municipal law, for which he gave iilackstone's famous definition, "A rule o!civil conduct prescribed by a supremepower in a state commanding what iiright and prohibiting what is a ron.He confined his remarks largely to thllatter branch of law.It is well known Mr. Metz said, thatthe l.aws of the United States hadtheir origin lar rely in England. Thereare two kind, the unwritten, or common law, and the written or statutorylaw. The unwritten law is so named,not because it is today unwritten, lorit is to be found in early court lecords and the works of ancient wrileis,but because it is not set down inwriting as acts of parliament are, butreceives its bindinv nnwer from Innrusage and universal reception. Amongme compilations oi the common l.;whe enumerated the Dome Book, compiled by Alfred the Great who died inthe year f01; and the writings of Edward the Confessor, who died in lOfiii.The unwritten law comprises thieekinds general customs, particularttnity will bo grnsed. If the timeeer comes when business will justifya tri-weekly publication, or a daily,.-Miance will liuve u. 1 lie consolidation is a big thing for the city as wells for the men who made it Hssible.Ihcre is little miestion but that theprinciple is applicable to other businesses, and nothing save false piide orsentiment stands in the way.Newspapers occupy a peculiar relation in resject to the city where theyare published. They are operated byprivate individuals, for private profit,and yet their whole effort is devotedtoward building up the community inwhich they exist. They are, irrespective of whether the city recognizes thefact, the representatives of their citycutside. A city may be judged by itsnewspapers more easily than in anyother way. And both Alliance newspapers have given a splendid accountof Alliance. They have never lost faith,never grumbled, never doubted for aninstant that prosperity was just outside the gate, looking for the hitchingpost.Under the consolidation plan, Alliunce will be ably represented abroad.Whenever any man sees a copy of theAlliance newspaper, it will be broughthome to him that this is one community where prosperity abides and whereevery citizen is forward looking. Theconsolidated paper will have thestrength of both with an addedstrength in the knowledge that it hasthe public completely behind it. TheHerald owners have faith in the abilityof Mr. Sallows to sutisfy the vari( us elements of the community. Webelieve that he will publish a betterpaper, with the field to himself, thancould have licen published with dividedsupport. It would seem almost impossible for any fiy-by-n'ght concern to descend upon u. with a poorly written, pooriy printed newspaper that w illmisrepresent Alliance to any man whohappens to see it.It will be a difficult task, of course,to harmonize all the discordant elements In this community, but it can bedone. It has been, and is being doneelsewhere. Grand Island, a muchlarger city in Nebraska, has for nearlyfifteen years thrown its support to onanewspaper, and although; from time totime, efforts have been made to breakinto this field, the readers and merchants realize that they benefit bywithholding encouragement from anynewspaper that is not worthy of theircity. Half a dozen cities in Nebraska,and hundreds of them over the country, are trying out the one-newspaperplan, and are expressing themselves as well satisfied with it as theyare with one telephone system or otherpublic utility.Th success of the Dlan naturally devolves uDon the man who will publish the newspaper. Mr. Sallows hassufficient resources and ability tomake it a success, and there is littlequestion that the subscribers and theaavertisers, once they understand the. Ml - It.possibilities in tne pian, win give utheir enthusiastic support. Both newsimrvpf have eone uuon the theory thatthere is nothing too good for theirreaders; and from this time on, the consolidated newspaper win nave me satisfaction of knowing that it can makeimnravements and additions to its facilities that will enable it to keep upwith progress in its field, and at thesame time secure a reasonable returnfor its enterprise.customs affecting a certain locality,and civil and canon law.The civil law of the United Statesis the civil law of England, as modified by Engli.-h statutes previous tothe colonization op America, so jar rsit has leen found adapted to turchanged conditions and customs.Mr. Metz closed with a comparisonof the English and American, courtsystems. The comparison of the ethicsof the legal profession in the twocountries was especially interesting.ADDITIONAL SERVICEAT ALLIANCE POSTOFFICEEffective Saturday July 1, themoney-order and registry windowwill lie open continually from S a. m.until 6 p. m. This will allow the public to transact their business at thiswindow one hour earlier in the morning and during the noon hour as thiswindow was closed during these ho:rs.Effective the same date the generaldelivery window will close at ( p. m.Tr.it is made necessary on account cithe few patrons that avail themselvesof the privilege of calling sit the general delivery window betivoen f undC:0 p. m. and the necessity of iouru'i.ging the schedule of cb.' -k togive the added service to the moneyorder and registry window,. BIRTHSJune 28 To Mr. and Mrs. P.oy C.Strong, a girl, weighing 11 pounds.June 25 To Mr. and Mrs. 11. C.Fisher, a girl.June 25 To Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeSmith, a girl.Mrs. E. Shanki, ion and daughterof Bridgeport are visiting relatives inAlliance.-Women Frightened byPeculiar Behavior ofAn Alleged HoboF. F. Giersdorf, to all appearances anooo, wa.i arrested Juesduy afternoon,and lodged in the citv nil. on thecharge of vnngrancy. Giersdorfi l ightened a number of women thruouthe residence section of the town byentering houes looking through thehouse and leaving, lit did not uskfor hand-outs or leg in any way although he had only four cent3 on himwhen arrested.Giersdorf is a man tdout fifty yearsof age, apparently well educated, andcarried a card containing his nameand the words "Musical Instructor."lie claimed to be a talented musician.The man claimed to be In Allianceto lay brick on the new school-house,nlthought this stage of constructionhas by no means been reached. Hesaid that he was known to the contractor, and had been employed by him.Chief of Police Charles W. Jefferssays the ma has all the indicationsof being a dope-fiend, and appears tolie in very poor health. Mr. Jefferssays that he does not believe it possible that Giersdorf would be physically able to lay brick. His education,and his evident knowledge of musicmake it seem very unlikely that hewould be a bricklayer.The contractor at the high schoolsaid that Giersdorf had struck him fora job, but that he had turned him down,as he was evidently unable to work.Giersdorf gave his home as CentralCitv, ami was evidently acquaintedwith the contractor. He was releasedthis morning ami was warned that hemust either go to work or leave town.saysboTbuttehas the worldbackedmoff mapVAL Kl'SKA IS ENTHUSIASTICOVER CONDITIONS HERE.Burlington Immigration Agent PutsIn a Day Investigating Agri.cultural Situation.Val Kuska, immigration agent forthe Burlington railroad, system, withheadquarters at Omatar spent Thursday in Alliance, Hemlngford and .BoxButte county, as the guest of the Alliance chamber of commerce. Mr.Kuska came to Box Butte county topersonally investigate the agriculturalconditions and possibilities. To saythat he was astounded with the possibilities shown him during his tripseems putting it mild, and to use hisexpression Thursday evening, "Youhave the world backed off the mapon conditions as a whole. If anyonehad told me that you have clralfagrowing here like you do, 1 wouldhave suid nothing, but I would nothave believed it. Your agriculturalopportunities are wonderful and yourfarmers are accomplishing greatthings."Mr. Kuska was taken for an autotrip during the day over the largerportion of Box Butte county by adelegation representing the chamberor commerce, which included J. C.McCorkle, E. C. Barker, F. A. BaldW. S. Acheson, C. it. Wiese. G. IIBurns, S. H. Cole, Burlington agentand Lloyd Thoma., secretary. Theparty left Alliance at 8 a. m.The party arrived at Hemingfordabout 10:30, where they were joinedby K. L. Pierce, G. M. Jenkins andP. J. Michael, who piloted themthrough territory in the vicinity ofHemingford and returned with themto Alliance. During the afternoonshort trips were made to Antioch tndthe Alliance Country club. Mr. Kuskawas much impressed with the appearance of the Country club bu'ldinjrsami grounds, stating that they wereamong the finest he had Keen.In the evening Mr. Kuska nr.d thereal state men were guesM of thei Lions club, at which he was the principal speaker, hollowing ne inner,a meeting was held at .the oil ices (ithe chamber of commerce for the purpose of discussing matters pertainingto immigration into Uox llutte county.This meeting was attended by realestate men and officials of lhi ch'imber of commerce. Matters discustedwere advertising, printed literature,homeseekers excurion rates, cr. operative work among the real estatemen through the chamber of commerce, establishing a brand or trademark for potatoes, inc;i..in potatoproduction, and other topics or nme.yimportance andjnterest.Ms. Kuska assured the Alliancemen that the Burlington will lake anurtivp nart in momotin immigrationinto its territory in western Nebraska,in order that the untilled agncu'turailands may be farmed. Us and theagricultural lands may ba farmed. Henp-ricultural agent of .he ruilroaj willbe present and take part fn th-i annual potato tour wmcn starts jiomKimball on Augu.-t 15 an. which willbe at Alliance on August 1.'.Beverly Bovd of Detroit, Mich., isin Alliance visiting his uncle, E. H.Boyd . Mr. Boyd and his nephew leftfor his ranch. BeverlyiBoyd will remain in Alliance for afew weeks.A TENTATIVE ,.PROGRAM FOR 'THE SPUD TOURWILL COVER FOUR DAYS ANDFOUR COUNTIES.Thursday, August 17, Will Be Spentin Inspecting Potatoes inBox Butte County.The tentative program for the annual western Nebraska potato tour,under the direction of H. O. Wernr,secretary of the Nebraska PotatoImprovement association, has beemforwarded to the Allinnr rhanL,. A- - ... v;c vjcommerce. The tour will cover fouruays August la, 1C, 17 and 18. covenng the counties of Kimball, ScottBlutf, Box Butte and Dawes.As will be noted by the tentativeprogram, given below, Thursday, August 17. Will Ka itwinl in Ra. t..77.a meal and entertainment for the visitors that evening-.i rum o;ou to :ju p. m., to be servedby the chamber of commerce.Mr. Werner staten that nt tVi hmo-ent time he is unable to state definitelywmcn neius win n visited. In BOXButte county, preferring to make thfii-Bt field inspection for certified seed)before designating the fields that arto be visited.The clans for the eveninir mutimfat Alliance would include an informalmeeting, following the dinner, towhich all the potato growers of BoxButte Countv. as well a th vUitnrfrom other localities, would be invited.Tentative Program for Tour.The tentative urogram for fh tas outlined by Mr. Werner, is as folo ' in. kJUUafrom CountV AtrriMtltnrul nr,'-oflice ut Kimball. Visit certified seed;potato neius or tius Forsling, AugustCadekin, H. J. Holick and other fieldcf merit or interest in thn vininif.,Bushncll and between Kimball anduusnnen. Also possible several irrigated fields near Kimball.Vi o clock liinner at Kimball.12:45 to 1:45 n m Mooting .tKimball. r1:45 Iave for Srntf Ttl II AT Pniiaiavia the state highway. -4p. m Arrfa in the vicinity ofvcuur vuuey Boutnwvst oi uenng. in.-spect dryland fields of potatoes ithat vicinity and inspect the irrigatedneius nrounu oering, arriving asScottsbluff at 6:30 p. m., headquarterut Lincoln hotel.(Continued on Page 8.) ,SAY PEEBLES TO !FACE CHARGE OFWH ITESL A VERYPOLICE NAB A COUPLE FROMLUSK, WYO TUESDAY.Letters Show Elopement Planned, ButFunds Ran Out at Allianceand Cops Stepped In.Chief of Police C. W. Jeffers arrested a J. F. Peebles, and a Mrs.Bernice Peebles, not married butcousins by marriage. The couple werarrested Tuesday evening wl.u.i theywere attempting to bum their vayout of Alliance tor North Platte.The Peebles' came to Alliance fromLusk, Peebles paying the way for thlady, and abo paying her hotel bill atLu.-k. They were evidently trying toelope, and had reached Alliance whenthey ran out of money and werstranded. They had evidently been,contemplating the elopement for somatime, as shown by a letter found ouPeebles, received from Mrs. Peebles,telling of the proposed elopement, andof arrangement for taking care ofMrs. Peebles' children, both by formermarriage.Peebles and Mrs. Peebles maintainedthat there was nothing out of the wayin their actions, but the officers believed differently. A federal chargawas filed against Peebles for violatingthe Mann white slave act. To makathis charge stick it will be neccesaryto show that the woman in the casawas transported from Wyoming int&Nebraska for immoral purposes.The coupe are now held in the county jail, Peebles to answer the chargaagainst him, and Mrs. Peebles as awitness. They will have a preliminaryhearing before United States CourtCommissioner L. A. Berry sometimain the near future, although the datafor this has im set.Mrs. PeetA to be the daughter of Chieff F, E. Knapp ofNorth Platte s that she andPeebles were heading for that citywhen they were apprehended here.Should they be held, they will batried at the federal court at Chadronabout the' first of September. Thevwill be held 'in the government jailthere until that time unless, bond Ufurnished, which the officers do notdeem to be particularly likely, when,the conditions under w hich the reachedAlliance are considered.